Witnesses of mogul scuffle picked up on the street - testimonyEyewitnesses of banker Alexander Lebedev's assault on businessman Sergei Polonsky were picked up randomly on the street, one of the eyewitnesses, Yulia Komashina, said at a hearing at Ostankinsky District Court in Moscow.17:01 23.05.2013
Whistleblower Navalny caused no economic damage - Kirov governorGovernor of Russia's Kirov Region Nikita Belykh testified at a court hearing centering on allegations of embezzlement by timber company Kirovles that he has no grounds on which to assume that opposition activist and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny caused any damage to the region's economic interests.13:43 22.05.2013
Former "Russian spy" willing to testify on Litvinenko's death – reportAn individual referred to as a “US-based former Russian spy” and a key witness in the investigation of the 2006 death by polonium-210 poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko has expressed willingness to provide evidence during a public inquiry.13:37 20.05.2013
Navalny's lawyers accuse judge of misconduct in witness QAThe attorneys of renowned whistleblower Alexei Navalny, who is charged with embezzling more than $514,000 from a timber company have accused presiding judge of misconduct.13:22 25.04.2013
Belgorod shooter pleads not guilty and refuses to testify"Belgorod shooter" Sergei Pomazun has said in court that he is not guilty, that he considers his arrest illegal and that he would not give investigators any evidence.10:38 25.04.2013
Boston bombing suspects' father questions testimony reportsRussian father of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings said on Wednesday that he had great doubts about his son’s ability to give testimony.10:40 24.04.2013
IMF chief to testify in court on abuse of power in MayInternational Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde will be questioned in court in late May for alleged abuse of power while serving as France's economy minister.13:48 18.04.2013
Witness at ex-dictator's trial accuses Guatemalan leader of war crimesRetired officer Hugo Leonardo Reyes alleged that President Otto Perez was involved in civil war massacres in his testimony at the genocide trial of ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt.11:19 05.04.2013
Berezovsky intended to give testimony on Litvinenko before death - MPThe late oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who was found dead on March 23, planned to give testimony regarding the death of former security agent Alexander Litvinenko, says State Duma Deputy Andrei Lugovoi.16:32 03.04.2013
Witness in Tymoshenko murder trial changes testimony – state prosecutorsThe head of the Industrial Union of Donbass, who is a witness in the criminal case over the murder of Ukrainian MP and businessman Yevhen Shcherban, changed his testimony on Tuesday during his interrogation in court.19:07 02.04.2013
Supreme Court may ban reading testimonies in court if witnesses absentThe Supreme Court is considering banning the practice of reading the testimonies of witnesses who fail to show in court unless they have a valid reason for their absence.16:15 02.04.2013
Defense witnesses give testimony in Nerpa submarine accident retrialThe court called an adjournment in the retrial of the Nerpa nuclear submarine accident case until Thursday after the defense' attorneys finished questioning their witnesses.13:40 02.04.2013
Russian army generals testify against ousted defense ministerSeveral Russian Army generals have testified against ex-Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov in the case of a large-scale property scandal that served to oust Serdyukov from his post and instigate a reshuffling within the Ministry last November.16:08 14.03.2013
Ex-defense minister finally testifies in property scandalRussia’s former Defense Minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, has been cooperating for the first time in an investigation into his alleged complicity in misusing Defense Ministry assets to carry out expensive renovation work at a luxury summer house belonging to his brother-in-law, and has testified as a witness.16:09 13.03.2013
Tymoshenko refuses to attend court testimony of witness in murder caseFormer Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven-year sentence in Kharkiv for abuse of power, has refused to attend a court hearing in Kiev where a witness in the murder of MP and businessman Yevhen Shcherban was to give testimony.14:19 04.03.2013
Another US adoption of Russian child probed, gay parent lied in courtThe Foreign Ministry is looking into the circumstances surrounding an American same-sex couple's adoption of a Russian boy and their custody battle over the child. According to Konstantin Dolgov, the ministry's special representative for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, the boy has incurred moral harm.10:25 21.02.2013
Tymoshenko paid $3 mln to murder business rival - witnessAn eyewitness in the case of lawmaker Yevhen Shcherban's murder told the court that former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko paid $3 million for his death.16:24 15.02.2013
Tymoshenko wants to be present during murder witness testimonyJailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko says she wants to be present during the questioning of witnesses in the murder trial of MP and businessman Yevhen Shcherban.18:42 07.02.2013
Russian tycoon arrested in Cambodia refuses to testify - attorneyReal estate mogul Sergei Polonsky and the other two Russians who were arrested in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, in late December, refused to give testimony to the investigating magistrate, one of their Cambodian attorneys told RIA Novosti by telephone.10:52 01.02.2013
Armstrong will not testify to USADA under oath before Feb. 6 deadlineDisgraced former world-champion cyclist Lance Armstrong will not give testimony to the Anti-Doping Authority (USADA) under oath before the organization's February 6 deadline, his attorney Tim Herman said in a letter addressed to the USADA.11:28 28.01.2013